Conveyer



June 30, 1931. G. c. DAVISl v 1,812,287

CONVEYER Filed Feb. 21. 1929 j ?l nL/ETYZLUE y 55057575 tsL/z GEORGE c. nAvIs, oFDALLAsUTEXAs; AssIGNorz. To l'man B. if eoonnrcn eoMPANxgoF r NEW YORK, N'. Y.,v A CORPORATION OFNEWvYORK hf 7 ,cnmj .1@ f

" Appiiatim nna'rebruary 21, i929. serial No. 341,648.

`This invention relates to -conveyers and Amore especially to conveyers s-uch as are used vin cotton machineryfor conveying the cotton to the various working devices'thereof.

their length, with ups'tandingmetal pegs or fingers arranged in transverserowsand se-V cured individually tothe-belt fory urging they c Y10 cotton into the since, broken metal pegs in contact with mov-v 15 ing metal parts frequently produce sparks.

- Also, considerable labor is required to replace v the broken metal pegs.v c l The chefobjects of this invention are to provide a conveyer belt'for cotton machinery 20 with pegs of a non-breakable character; to g provide for the expeditious mounting and re-V moval of such`A egs'; to obvia-te the possibility of damage to machinery from broken pegs;

- and toeliminate the fire-hazard of brokeny Y tion within the scope ofthe appended claims.

" Iclaim: Y i The combination of a conveyer belt and .25., egs.

- Of the accompanyingy drawings: e. v f Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a conveyer embodying my invention in.v its preferred form,A a part beinggbroken away and in section. f

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig'. 8 isa section of line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

l,Referring to the drawing, 10 i-s an'endless l leather, rubberized fabric or I conveyer belt of other suitable material, upon whichis mounted at spacedxintervals channeled, opennended cleats or holders 11,"11 ,disposed transversely i ofthe conveyer and secured theretobyl any 'suitable means 'such as the rivets12, 12. The channel ofthe cleat is `defined by 'side flanges Y of which thefmarginalpo-rtions 13,'131are turned toward each other so as to overlie the upper face of the base portion'of. a-peg or finger assembly 14 adapted to bemounted in 45 the channel ofthe cleat, and said marginal portions 13 arelocally'de'pressed at 15, 15 to y interiit complemental depressions T16, 16 formed in the base of the pegassembly 14 for of the latter. j

Conveyers of the vcharacter described usu- 'I allyare provided, lat intervals` throughout' yieldingly resisting `longitudinal movement The peg assembly 14 preferably comprises. y A.

a base portion 17 of rigid moldedy materialV such as a hard or semi-hard rubber composi- Y Y v t1onand a lplurality of upstandingvpegs or f Y. A l:55 character.' For this purposeI preferto make the pegs of a strip of rubberized fabricflfly fingers 18, 18 of stiff' but slightly yielding rolled spirally upon itself, the strip beingy cut obliquely on one vend to produce a slightly 'i Y tapered pegstructure, which is secured in the base portionl'by being'molded and vulcan-Lv lzed therein and is provided with a tive surface cover of rubber 20V.k

v The arrangement permits quick and easyv I' l mounting l or removal of the peg assemblyl and makes it possible easily tovary thenurn-f` varied 'operating conditions.

hazardl heretofore-present, vand the tough y' ber ofi peg` assemblies on the belt tovmeet .l l Y The non-me-' i' tallicv character of the pegs obviates the firey E 7 damage 'and inconvenience lresulting fromn,

breakage thereof.

The invention 1s susceptible of modiica`- al work-engaging member Hmounted f there- *Y upon, said work-engaging membercompris-v y'ing a base portion of relatively hard rubberA composition andr upstanding pegs integralf therewith and .comprising a softer rubber/,ijf *l composition. ,e e j: l v A combinationv as :dened in claim 1 lin lwhich the pegs.y are reinforced "with fabric; which extends into thebase-portion. f ..1 i transverse l v SQThefcombinationof a belt, a cleat secured Vthereon and defining afrecessy ible rubber construction. f l 4. The combination with a distributor belt,v of a'y non-metallic material-engaging pin, a

separate metallic mounting by which the kpinf-r4 is secured, and means upon thel mou ting'and Y extending through the belt for fastening the mounting thereto.

5. The combination of a conveyer belt, a set of upstanding Work-engaging pins thereon each composed essentially of a flexible rubber compositionz and of linger-like dimensions, and means for holding the base portion of each pin in substantially lixed relation to the belt While leaving the rest of the pin free to be flexed individually.

In Witness whereofv I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of February, 1929" GEO. C. DAVIS. 

